The interior delicately incised with a five-clawed dragon and a phoenix encircling a central shou roundel amongst clouds, the exterior with the Eight Buddhist Emblems each set on a beribboned flower stem. 14.1cm (5 1/2in) diam.

Note: For a comparable dish of this design, Yongzheng mark and of the period, from the Ohlmer Collection, Roemer Museum, Germany see U. Wiesner, Chinesisches Porzellan, Mainz am Rhein 1981, pl. 103, also see similar dishes sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 15/11/88, lot 57 and Christie’s New York, 18/09/03, lot 358.